Opinion: Why I closed my OB-GYN practice in Ohio after 27 years
By the time Lisa Bohman Egbert closed her Ohio OB-GYN practice, she was using savings just to keep it afloat.
Like most doctors, I always felt a calling to care for people. Quitting early wasn’t my plan, but our broken health system left no other option. December 2024 marked the close of my 27-year, solo, OB-GYN practice, leaving 2,500 Ohio women looking for a new doctor. My only available choice was to retire.
While most workers reach peak earning years in their late 40s and 50s, for me, the highest salary I ever earned was the $150,000 I took home in 1997, the year I took over a private practice. By the time I closed my office, I had so little money coming in that I had stopped taking a salary. Instead, I was using my own savings just to keep the practice afloat.
